Fruit Salads

Waldorf Salads
Made famous from the historic Waldorf hotel these salads traditionally consist of fresh apples, celery and walnuts, mixed with mayo and served on lettuce. But like most recipes, we've got some new twists too! Try a cranberry Waldorf or maybe turkey Waldorf salad (great way to use up leftover turkey from the holidays!)

Ambrosia
Historically, ambrosia was referred to as the food of the Gods which consisted of nectar. So it's an easy leap to these delicious fruit salads. Ambrosias all have their own little twist like grapefruit ambrosia, ambrosia waldorf salad, or banana ambrosia salad with sherry dressing.

Taste Of The Tropics
These tasty tropical fruit salads are refreshing and sweet. Try a spicy tropical fruit or a tropicado cocktail.

Hyssop: Any of various herbs belonging to the mint family with aromatic, dark green leaves that have a slightly bitter, minty flavor. Hyssop adds intrigue to salads, fruit dishes, soups and stews. It is also used to flavor certain liquers such as Chartreuse.

How To Core A Pineapple: Use a small biscuit cutter to core slices of fresh pineapple. The cutter easily removes the center and makes a clean uniform hole.

Cranberries, Cooking with Less Sugar: Add 1/4 tsp. baking soda to cranberries while cooking them and they will not require as much sugar.

Heart Smarts
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New Food of the Month: Ugli Fruit
Its misshapen, wrinkled, dimpled peel caught her eye. Did that spotty, yellowish-green appearance seem out of place among the other attractive fruit in the produce department? Evidently, since my kids...